NEW YORK RANGERS ACQUIRE DEFENSEMANSTEVE EMINGER FROM ANAHEIM DUCKSNew York, July 9, 2010 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the Rangers have acquired defenseman Steve Eminger from the Anaheim Ducks, in exchange for forwards Aaron Voros and Ryan Hillier.

Eminger, 26, skated in 63 games with Anaheim this season, registering four goals and 12 assists for 16 points, along with 30 penalty minutes. He ranked second on the Ducks with 99 blocked shots, and third among Anaheim defensemen with 102 hits. Eminger finished the season, recording 14 of his 16 points in his final 36 games (four goals and 10 assists). He established a career-high, plus-five rating and recorded two points (one goal and one assist) in a 5-2 win at Colorado on March 31. The plus-five rating tied Anaheim’s team record for plus/minus rating in a single game. In addition, Eminger skated in his 300th NHL game on November 14 at Detroit.

Eminger, who helped the Kitchener Rangers (OHL) capture the 2003 Memorial Cup en route to being named to the tournament All-Star team, established career-highs in assists (21), points (26), games played (71), and tied his career-high in goals (five) in 2008-09 while splitting the season between Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and Florida. He led Tampa Bay defensemen in assists (19) and points (23), and ranked second in goals (four) prior to his trade to Florida, in exchange for Noah Welch, on March 9, 2009. Eminger also established a career-high with two, three-point performances that season, both coming against the Florida Panthers on November 18 (one goal and two assists) and December 26 (one goal and two assists).

The 6-2, 210-pounder has skated in 346 career regular season games in seven NHL seasons with Washington, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Florida and Anaheim, registering 15 goals and 70 assists for 85 points, along with 301 penalty minutes. Eminger notched his first NHL goal as a member of the Washington Capitals on October 10, 2005 vs. the Rangers. He tallied his first career point with an assist on November 26, 2002 at Toronto, and made his NHL debut on October 11, 2002 vs. Nashville. In addition, Eminger has registered one goal in five career NHL playoff games.

The Woodbridge, Ontario native was originally Washington’s first round choice, 12th overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

Voros skated in 41 games this season, registering three goals and four assists for seven points, along with 89 penalty minutes. He signed with the Rangers as a free agent on July 1, 2008.

Hillier skated in 22 ECHL games with Charlotte and Wheeling this season, registering two goals and five assists for seven points. He also skated in four games with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). Hillier was originally selected as the Rangers third round choice, 84th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

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EVENING UPDATE, 7:09 P.M.: To shed a little more light on this trade, assistant coach Mike Sullivan (who’s in charge of the defense) coached Eminger in Tampa and really likes him. They see him as a third pair, second-PP guy.

Good trade. Look at his numbers and size and compare to Girardi. Puts Girardi’s contract in a whole new perspective.

I think Anaheim saw Ryan Hillier and wondered how we stole him from them without their knowing, then traded us Eminger thinking they were getting a great deal for him. Wait till they realize their mistake and they have Aaron “Avery’s Buddy” Voros and an ECHL player (other than Voros).

if they get rid of Rozsival and Redden, no way Kovalchuk is coming in…that means this team is going to very very young and way too inexperienced in the back to make any noise in the playoffs even with Kovalchuk…

I actually watched Eminger for a season when he was a 17-year-old in junior for a pretty bad Kitchener Rangers team (Derek Roy plus a load of rookies and stiffs).

Obviously, we’re nine years down the line, but then he was more a puck-moving D-man than somebody who played up to his size (sorry, wicky…). He was a first round pick a year later in what I seem to remember was a weak draft and has obviously bounced around the league a fair bit since. Can’t really hurt too much as a depth move, if nothing else.

8 D-men?
Something’s happening… perhaps a trade and dump? Move Dredden down and trade Gilroy? Or does Gilroy just to go wing? Perhaps Staal will be signed and moved for a forward? Something’s happening…

Aaron was a real stand up guy, and he seemed like a great team player. I know he will be missed by Avery and co., however I am hoping this signals more playing time for him (and a reactivation of his Twitter account…he is also one of the better Tweeters!!)

I think Voros had a lot of heart, and always did what was asked of him to the best of his abilities. He came in and played hard after being scratched for very long stretches, and was one of the few players to answer the bell when it came to dropping the gloves. Not a great fighter, but a good team guy. Hopefully, he’ll be a good fit on the Ducks, who, since the Burke days, have had some sandpaper on their team. Maybe he’ll end up on a line with George Parros, which would probably be a pretty good fit. Best of luck to him.

it’s been a while since i’ve been here, but i’m so sick of hearing about lebron james and i really miss hockey even though it’s barely july! ugh!! i’m gonna miss voros. he was a good guy and had a lot of heart, unfortunately though that’s not enough to make it in this town. i’m glad nyr is stocking up on D-men, but it’s not like any of these young guys are gonna play anytime soon. get real. nothing big is happening. maybe we can pay a little more attention to hockey now that lebron is with le-heat.

If we were playing oddsmaker on PTI here would be my odds for Redden and Rozsival being sent down to Hartford:

Redden: 99.9% (dont want to say 100 and jinx it)
Rozsival: 0.1%

The only way Rozsival will not be wearing a Rangers jersey to start this season is if he is dealt, and i’d say theres about a 10% shot of that happening before the season starting.. if he plays solid first half of season I could see a team possibly dealing for him near the deadline but I think people have to start realizing what the coach and management think of Rozsival as Carp always points out, they think of him as a reliable d-man who can handle alot of minutes, hes not going anywhere, yet, lets just be happy Redden is most likely on his way to the Wolfpack

On the ice, Voros is not big loss. The team said that they were looking for a sixth/seventh defenseman and now they have one. Voros is easily replaced. I can’t comment on how nice a guy he is – never met him, never will.

“Savard is 32 coming off a bad concussion and has 7 years left on his deal

what happens in 2-3 years when you wanna get rid of him?”

Savard’s cap hit is 4 million. His salary the last three years is 1.5, 525k, 525k. Easily buried in Hartford. Hell, the guy would probably retire rather than play in Hartford for 3 years for 2 million. Since he is under 35 when the deal goes into effect, the cap hit vanishes. Think of it as having him for four years at four million. Savard has continued to show that he can compete at a high level. Yes, he did get that bad concussion, but it was his first, and he recovered fairly quickly.

He’s a premier playmaking center. Gaborik would easily pot 50 with Savard as his pivot. Even as his play slows in years 3 and 4, he will still be a solid #2 center and a great veteran to have for our corps of young centers (Dubinsky, Anisimov, Stepan, Kreider). For 4 million, its not terrible.

As I said, years 5-7 are play it by ear. If he still has anything left in the tank, let him play. If not, send him to early retirement like Naslund.

On the Fourth, there were all these tributes to Steinbrenner’s 80th birthday in the New York papers. And I don’t want to speak ill of the ill, but imagine if he had a salary cap? He’d have been run out of town and would never have won anything.

Doodie – agree his deal is relatively palatable, but Savard has had at least four concussions according to his profile page on TSN.ca and he missed 24 games after the last one. Hardly “fairly quickly”.

Once again, Doodie has stood up for me (last post regarding over paying for Girardi) and once again I agree with Doodie that this trade spells trouble for Gilroy.

Carp…no way McDonagh goes from the NCAA into the NHL. He is signed for the post Rozival-Redden era.

I think there are more trades coming becuase we have too many Defensemen. If we can trade Rozival and Gilroy then McDonagh will be given a chance. Simple math…DZ/Girardi/Staal/Redden (because of contract) are 4 locks…now add Eminger and 5 out of 6 are pretty well set.

I think Eminger is not going to be a great help to us at the blueline – look at his numbers and his inconsistent play – he came into the league with very high hopes and it looks as though he has some flashes of good play and also makes some bone-headed moves in the D zone – humm, I guess the Rangers have never had that in a D man before, so lets try this as an experiment!!

I only hope that this is the beginning of a much larger trade here – with eminger and a few others headed out the door – but of course, we are talking the Rangers here

so long you stumbling doofus,hope noone feels the need to pick up his stack when it comes to losing fights.13 fights,3 wins 4 draws and 6 beatings…tho remember how this board went crazy when he bloodied Bradley?
adios peoples chump!

So the Flyers sign Zherdev (btw, earlier reports says he wanted $4 mio a year, and he ended up with $2 mio !!), when they already are over the payroll cap . So instead of $1 mio over , they are $ 3 mio over. How does that work?

Sad to see Voros go. I always thought he was a nice guy. Apparently well liked by most Rangers players. Why another defenseman? I thought we were going to go with the youth we have in our camps? Thanks Glen

This team is gonna be great to watch , speed , youth , Fighting ,Hitting and great saves by Hank , Goals by Gaborik , Better back up goalie ,No Voros,Piggins,Kotageek and no Oli “cant score in the shoot out” jokanen!!!!

I agree with TR, if the majority of our roster (I won’t name names) played with a 10th of the heart that voros did, we would be one hell of a better team. I hope he excels in the Ducks sweater and wish him the best of luck.

Nawwww Voros was never good enough for alot of youse guys.
For a player to excell in NY , ya have to be cheap ,score goals in all 82 games. Never lose a fight, always be the 3rd man in a fight ,Never board someone and cost us the game,Dont be old ,Overpaid, Dont say ya love NY ,Dont have a long contract . Never dmand more money ,Dont be Captain and when ever a goal gets scored on us…say it your fault not Hanks.

You see , Voros never really had a chance here in NY . Gaborik scored all our goals in the early part of last year and everyone was bitching. He slowed down and peeps said he sucks? Gaborik was BURNT OUT , Olympics or not Gaborik back was soooo tired from carring Piggins and half the clowns who could nt score!!!

Orr was Koed twice last year,name a legit top 10 HW with that on his recent record.(Shelley,Carkner)
Orr is in love with his own power(i love his wide open style btw)it will be his downfall(concusions)

carp…on your previous post..i was at the game nov2,1975 when eddie returned(he was hardly gone,)…i wa also at the game two weeks later vs. the same eddie-led red wings…it was a long time ago,but im pretty sure it was business as usual for the fans…goodbye eddie but now you’re a wing…unrelated to that on halloween night 1976 the rangers played the red wings.after the game outside the garden there was wild activity going on…we wondered what it was..scalpers all over…well it was for frank zappa…it was his halloween show…we scored tickets,got a nickel bag(it was the 70s),and saw a great show…ah the memories

Cliff Lee is a Ranger, a texas Ranger, for now.. until the offseason when the yankees make a ridiculous offer that cant be matched.. baseball does need a salary cap, until then the NHL and NFL are much better

morg, i think you’re totally missing the point. The guy was barely a fourth-line player. but if some of the other guys on the team played as hard or as tough as he did, they’d have been a lot better off. I’m not saying they’ll miss him. Not one bit. He’s dime-a-dozen. but he showed a lot more heart than some others, and more consistently.

I’d rather have a guy who fights and loses than a guy who won’t fight.

I’d want no part of Savard and his concussion-waiting-to-happen and especially his contract.

Tank, I still think this has nothing to do with Gilroy.

Johnny, they had it flown in from Newfoundland. It was more succulent than even I had hoped.

Chris, so they produced the Core Four 16 years ago, and Robinson Cano since? Don’t give me Gardner.

Ogie, we did discuss it. I don’t know if I’d say Probert was a great guy. He sure had his problems, and sure endangered a fair amount of people along the way. But he was well liked and respected by those who knew him.

Carp,if Im reading all your not so hidden hints(which i didnt pick up on when you where dropping hints about the health of Brashes right hand/wrist last season),im taking it that 1,redden is dunnzo,and 2 Rosi,our second pp d man,are,is outy.
hmm am i close?

I hear stuff all the time, whether I want to or not.
I’ve received more emails in the past few weeks than I can remember, and some of these same people were telling about things like the signing of Brian Skrudland!

Dreger’s not the only place I heard it about Kovalchuk, which is why it doesn’t take much to put two and two together.

Use your head. If he really wanted Russia or NJ or LA, why hasn’t he signed?

And some of the supposed details about the incentives bandied about were getting so complex they might have involved the NHLBOG.

They’ve been talking to Anaheim for weeks, though I heard it it was Bobby Ryan they were after.

And I’ve told you twice now about Edm & SJ as potential partners. Avery (excellent)and Rosival (not so excellent – always liked him – but probably necessary)likeliest to go.

SO long as there is no ink on Kovi’s contract, he is still in play. Besides the fact that I think the Rangers should move the deck chairs to sign him, has sather ever passed on a free agent signing that everyone at TSN would love to laugh at – Kovi is the next opportunity.

Sather does very well in trades so give him credit there its deserved (sp). This was a nice trade.

He’s not being banished because the team sucks, he’s being banished because HE sucks. If I was a player I would want to play for a team that puts the best guys on the ice, regardless of what they’re paid.

Chuck,
I agree 100%. Redden is awful. I am just saying that the rest of the Rangers stink too. In this case as a Ranger fan, I would be all for Redden going down. I just wonder about the perception around the league. No other big ticket player has been buried in the minors have they?

Oh. Hmm. Anyone they want other than Dubinsky, Callahan, Anisimov, Gaborik, Lundqvist, MDZ, or any of our top prospects.

If any of the above-mentioned players were involved, there would have to be more coming back the other way. And under no circumstances would I move MDZ or Gaborik there if Staal is part of the package because they wouldn’t be able to offer up the right pieces to make the deal worthwhile. I think the same is probably also true of Stepan and McDonagh.

i saw that Carp wrote eminger being seen as a 3rd pair and 2nd pp unit guy, he better not take away time from Staal getting power play time, this year has to be the year Staal gets at least an OPPORTUNITY to succeed offensively, ala being put on the power play more than one minute per month

Ryan’s an RFA, obviously not part of trade talks.
He’s been considered though. Rangers are/were fearful about someone signing Staal to an offer sheet, which is probably why Sather came out and addressed it today, saying they’d instantly match.

Kovalchuk may not be coming, I’d have to say probably not. But that doesn’t mean they didn’t try, in spite of what you reported.

Nor have you offered an explanation (official or otherwise) why they can afford to thumb their nose at IK, when he’s only asking for a little more than Chris Drury!
And again, cap space is not the issue. The whole world knows Redden is Wolf Pack bound.

Would a Ranger competitor dare to offer Staal an outrageous contract just to spite the Rangers so that they would be in further trouble with the cap? I’m not sure who would do it (Flyers maybe?), but they would have to be able to fit the salary on their team in case Sather goes back on his word and doesn’t match it.

thanks for your opinion.. kid dominated in juniors, not sayin he would dominate in the NHL but that doesnt merritt an opportunity, ud rather make him a solely shutdown defenseman forever and never see what he could do offensively? whatever, to each his own

As per a source close to the kovolchuk camp, after watching labrons decision last night, and hearing that lebron feels that it takes an entire organEYEzation to win from owner to players down to the janitorial staff, it is believed that ilya is close to joining is good friends D-wade and chris bosh in miami.Reports are flooding in that ilya is set to sign a 5yr 100k contract to sweep the left side of the court in miamis American Airlines Arena.When questioned why he would turn down 100mil, ilya broke out with” Money dont mean a thing, I want multiple rings doo wop doo wop doo wop doo wop” President and Gm pat riley was asked with the pending signings of D-wade, chris bosh and king james, how they could possibly fit ilya under the cap. Pat responded by saying ” i know of 3 underacheiving ticket takers that could be demoted to bathroom attendants to clear up some room!

yea really charlie that is the attitude on here its the doom and gloom crew.. and someone will comment back saying its the “realisitic” view but its not, they act like there isnt a bright spot on the new york rangers at all

ok, so my question is twofold. First, if we are trading (only trade I think I have heard of is the souray trade) for someone, who goes? I mean if it is souray at some point, do we send one of the R’s and who (does brash get included)? Could we trade a gilroy or girardi and a forward for bieksa?

Second part, in the quote from slats earlier, he said they had moves to make yet if possible, but he was relatively happy with the d corps (don’t know why), but wanted scoring. Who would we trade for if he is looking for scoring to help gabby? Gagne? who else? or is it a free agent signing like frolov if not a trade? Where does the cap space come from?

Who honestly has a secured spot on the forward lines besides gabby? If MZA and say stepan are in, who is out besides boyle probably?

people are willin to let staal go if someone signed him to an offer sheet, nobodys gona sign him to an offer sheet bc hes going to be signed with the rangers soon, and second of all hes not going to get crazy money, hes going to get what he deserves, and for a long time, which is good for the rangers organIzation in the long run

LW
LMFAO. I like staal a lot, but he should get the money girardi got and girardi should have got the money stuart form the bruins got. I think staal can be one hell of a shutdown guy, but he honestly has to play a hell of a lot meaner than what he does. If he doesn’t have that in him (some guys don’t). Then he is still a good d man, but not worth what the rumours are he is asking for. I truly think he needs a vet stay at home d man with an edge to guide him for a year or two.

LW
on bieksa, not saying he is worth all of that (he would automatically be our best d man though), but you would be clearing a d spot (girardi or gilroy) for him and I thought the canucks were looking for a forward for him, but I might be wrong there.

All of you guys who are all excited about this trade, please settle Down! Steve Eminger has been on a bunch of teams in his five seasons in the NHL. This guy is ultra soft. I watched a game earlier this season where he refused to go into his corner and take a hit to make a play. The Ducks asked for Voros and a complete waste of a prospect who can’t stay on the ice in the ECHL! This guy will not be anything more than camp fodder.

As for Mike Sullivan liking him. Well that would explain why he is no longer a head coach.

czechthemout, i think more people are excited about eminger coming here for the fact that it may have “put the nail in the coffin” on redden going to hartford, as someone referred to it before, more than excited about what a great player eminger is, u know what im sayin?

yea staal came on offensively at the end of the year for sure, showing signs that he can be not JUST a defensive defenseman in the NHL, but offensive minded as well… you know they can still do that in the NHL, play both sides of the puck.. its not like this is the MLB where we have left handed hard throwing specialist relievers that only serve on purpose, guys can do multiple things believe it or not.. prety sure pronger is a shutdown guy and a power play guy, and a few more dmen in the NHL.. but marc staal nah now way he cant handle that

By the way, Girardi is being grossly overpaid! He is nothing more than a 2.5million dollar guy at best. Staal should be getting no more than 3.5 to 4 million. I just hope Sather doesn’t start one of his scrub signing binges like usual. He always talks about giving the kids a chance to play but in truth, he just jams the roster with scrubs who stand in the way of kids like Weise,Dupont,Byers and others.

I do think redden is just bad, same with rozy. Neither one is worth anything close to what they are paid (we could say that about a lot of player though). I will say one positive thing about redden, at least he will drop the gloves occasionally and show a bit of character (a small bit).

That being said eminger at his salary is waaaayyy better than rozy or redden.

I hear you Rob M. Like I said, I just hope that Eminger does not stand in the way of Mcd making the team. You will recall that Potter should have made the team two years ago but was sent down in favor of Strudwick.

staal got beat down by SEMIN in a fight….SEMIN. I’m just saying perhaps he should work on his physicality and protecting the crease a bit more before he tries to become leetch (or pronger). He is after all a DEFENCEman. If you guys want a forward so bad, why not start a petition to sign frolov or something.

I think he can handle it, i think its more of torts wanting him on the ice against the opponents top forward line as often as possible and on the first PK unit, so therefore PP time would burn him out, but give him at least some, i mean an extra couple mins on the PP and a few less even strength mins arent gona kill the guy.. just my opinion

1st were praising Voros now we like Boyle? Just because these guys wear NYR blue and good guys doesn’t mean we should ever have them on the team. Complete LOFT. Stop with the blinders on folks these guys suck even for a 4th line. BTW we can get a whole lot of guys that are willing to fight,but is that how Pitt & Chicago just won their cups. It’s not 1974 anymore. Thank Mr.Buttman for that.

If he turns out anything like Lowe, that would be fabulous, wildly successful. But he reminds me of Lowe — not in nastiness yet (except vs. Ovechkin). Has some offensive skills, very good passer, very good in own zone, takes his man out but doesn’t squash him. Has some of Lowe’s competitive fire, too. And he was one of the most competitive SOBs I ever knew.

But of all the better defensemen I can think of, that’s the closest comp in terms of skills set and size.

Going back to the hyena, renney, (gosh, do I miss bob..the guy was hilarious..where is graves9??) they have been doing their best to destroy any semblance of offensive output from Staal. Let’s forget offense for a second…at times our power play was a disadvantage for us…let’s just keep staal out there as a means to prevent short handed goals…play a 1-2-2…with staal standing on our own blue line and only coming out to ever so gingerly tether the occasional breakout pass.

Hmmm interesting…..puts me in mind of a Stalin response to an under officer who cautioned that the Americans had much higher quality to their armored divisions than the Soviets had…Stalin quietly replied….”Quantity, has a quality all of it’s own”

wick, u think thats bad, well, its about 90 here in my house!! my A/C broke 3 days ago, just gotta wait till tommorow for the guy to fix it, but damn 3 days straight of getting 2-3 hours sleep a night and waking up in a pool of sweat.

Did you actually just compare Redden’s stats to Eminger’s and insinuate that he’s no better? Some of you guys are delusional. This kid can PLAY DEFENSE! He’s in his prime, and has something called INTANGIBLES that he can contribute with. The bulk of you here cry about these moves. Unless it’s a 50 goal scorer or the next Brian Leetch you don’t want them on the team. WAKE THE HELL UP! You really don’t understand how thigs work. This move makes us a better team. Be thankful for steps in the right direction. We’re starting to have a solid young group on the blue line and it looks like Redden could actually be gone. That move alone makes us better than we’ve been in 2 years on D.

Some of you forget that role players and secondary/thirdsy guys are very much a part of winning teams. Not every move has to be front page worthy. Bottom line- even if Kovalchuk signed tomorrow HE wouldn’t even make us a championship team. So stop acting like every damn player we sign/trade for is supposed to be the missing link to the Cup.

yea it does. im gonn a go take a cold shower, then run out naked, put some towels on my bed, and just lay there with a fan blowing directly on me!! yes, what a great idea.

oh, and great nice trade for eminger. reddens a goner. i would think of any prospects to make it, it would be mza and mcdonagh. kreider,stepan and grachev will probably get soem games and prob all 3 will be up next year., aves is gone,prospal is too right? if there were more trades to be made, then who knows, but as of now, there just arent many spots worth putting any of those kids on, like teh 4th line.

sean had a terrible season and it was solely his own fault. selfish and focus is on off ice activities. the sooner his contract ends the better

Daniel J.
July 9th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I believe Avery could be an important and vital part of this team. I think there are issues between Avery and some teammates and possibly Torts as well.

He’s a tremendous skater, physical and energentic. When fully engaged he can be a game changer, whether it’s getting an opponent off his game or creating open ice and scoring opportunities in the offensive zone. I think he disappeared last year when he saw this team going nowhere because of a lack of consistent effort from teammates. I think there are issues in the Ranger locker room that remain unresolved. This is the cause of lack of team chemistry, sticking up for each other and the inconsistent team play. Avery strikes me as a heart and soul guy who’s a better player when he’s part of a TEAM, something sorely lacking with the Rangers.

and they had a great record down the stretch without sideshow sean

cwgatti
July 9th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Doodie,

Funny how NYR miss the playoffs the year Avery isn’t in the lineup down the stretch

Marty Broduer: ““Trust me, I get more calls from my buddies, fans and people I know asking, ‘What’s going on with Kovy?’ He’s going to make his decision and hopefully it will be the right one for us. It looks like if it’s the NHL it’s going to be us, but who knows?”

Better to defend against Kovalchuk on the Devs powerplay for the next 6-8 years than the other way around, right?
Heaven help us.

BTW, when’s the last time anybody added up Glen Sather’s money? Went back and looked at old articles from when he signed in 2000, reported as $5m per year + CVC stock options.

That’s probably between $50-$75M that man has made for horrendous decision after decision after decision.

In Year 10 of his rebuilding plan, both his AHL & NHL squads missed the playoffs. He still has no clearcut frontline prospects on offense or defense.

I havent been around much at all, but just came here to say I saw Voros a few hours ago in the east village….no shit.

Didn’t know the guy got traded until now though. Saw him standing outside some bar with this tall skanky (very skanky) blonde..he was talking on his cell with that soft lisp of his, explaining himself to someone.

It was just funny cause for the rest of the night I was thinking about how this guy is on record saying he “never wants to live in another city” and how delusional he is to think he’ll have a career in NY much longer.

No decision yet on Kovalchuk …awwww thats just too dam bad. This is what happens when GM’s DONT give in. Its good for Kovalchump cuz GM’s are not buying into his huge contract demands. When his price comes down , we will nab him up . I still say hes KHL bound.

geeze now im gonna need anutha dime bag… Yo Brashear!!!! You there bro??? I know I know ya got dumped , how was I to know? You keep stopping in here and I’ll keep sticking up for ya bro…gimme a big bro hug!!!! Yer still a Ranger untill ya get traded or retire.

If we assume it’ll take an offer in the $4.6m to $6.2m average salary bracket to Staal for the Rangers to even consider not matching, the compensation would be first, second and third round picks in the 2011 draft.

As teams have to possess their own picks in those rounds to be able to make an offer (i.e. picks acquired via trade are not eligible), the following teams cannot be considered as threats to do so, regardless of how much cap space they have:

So, over a third of the league couldn’t try to sign Staal (or somebody like Bobby Ryan) even if they wanted to, short of paying an additional price to re-acquire the original pick(s) they are missing.

Kind of interesting how many third round picks are thrown around like confetti by GMs, when losing one means you lose the ability to use offer sheets to a large proportion of RFAs – just having the threat of being able to do so must be of some value, in terms of driving up prices of comparable players.

Good morning, boneheads!
I do agree that not trying to get Kovalchuk to play for NYR is a mistake. Look, in two years those types of long term, front loaded contracts may not be allowed. And that’s one thing that still separates big market teams from the rest of the league. And again, Kovalchuk in the line up doesn’t interfere with our rebuilding sentiment. He is still young. And would you rather let McDonagh, Stepan , Kreider etc. develop within the system that can barely make the playoffs or within the highly competitive one? He’s been available for awhile now, there is a reason he is still around. At least give it a try and match, or go a little above the NJ’s offer. But I do believe that Carp is right, they never even wanted to get into it. Sounds like from one extreme to another- they used to overpay for big names, now, all of a sudden, they have no interest. This one will not be available, because of his age, any time soon.

Voros is a great team guy. And made a lot of friends. But the truth is, he wasn’t going to play for this team anymore. He is better off in Anaheim. I think it was a good trade. Eminger is still young and has some steady numbers. But he isn’t the most physical D-man. So the still haven’t addressed their most glaring deficiency on the back end.

“The Rangers have this September to demote Wade Redden and they have this summer to get Kovalchuk. No one of similar value will be on the market next year.

Sather has serious issues with the summer cap that will demand creativity in order to solve. The general manager might have to surrender a No. 3 in order to get Donald Brashear’s over-35 charge of $1.4 million off the cap, but if that’s what it takes to clear the space to land Kovalchuk, so be it.

Kovalchuk is likely to make his decision within the next 48-to-72 hours. The window is open for the Rangers to sign a talent the likes of which they won’t otherwise have the opportunity to add for years.

Dolan made his play for LeBron. Now it’s time for the Garden to turn its attention to Ilya. It’s time for The Show to come to Broadway.”

orr- the 4th line should be Prust,Bogey,Eric C any higher lines for those guys we are in trouble in the talent department. Good bye to Voros and see ya to a slow prodding, no hitting big, but nice guy and he looks good on casino night and gave me a autograph BRIAN BOYLE

I don’t get Larry Brooks. Sometimes he screams what an idiot Sather is for going after every big name free agent. Then a month later he screams what an idiot Sather is for not going after a big name free agent.

Now, we all know that Sather is an idiot, but Brooks plays both sides of the issue.

LOL at Brooksie saying we need to get Kovalchuk. There are no scorers like him slated to be available next year but there may be a playmaker or two. But if the LOLBron debacle taught us anything, it’s that you can’t pass up on getting players to field a competitive team to wait until you can sign “this guy” or “that guy” who either may not be available or will want to go elsewhere. The last time the Rangers had “plans” to sign someone who will be a UFA years down the road was Gomez and we all know how that turned out.

reginald, why is Dallas looking to get rid of their #1 center for a #3 or #4 defenseman or at best a first pair (???) defenseman for them? I mean, look at it like you’re Dallas, i’m not taking Michal Rozsivals’ salary for absolutely nothing. If we sent a promising young prospect, then I’m sure talks would change.

Richards will ne a NYR as soon as his current deal expires. . . .unless Torts is fired.

From a great site Spector Hockey:

SPECTOR’S NOTE: Didn’t we discover during the last CBA that the Rangers efforts to bring in top talent inevitably failed to make the team a playoff club? And isn’t the Rangers more pressing need right now is a quality center for Marian Gaborik’s line? If the Rangers actually pursue Kovalchuk by burying salary in the minors to free the cap space to sign him it would seriously handicap this team for years to come whilst doing nothing to address the Rangers actual roster needs (a top line center and a skilled puck-moving defenseman). I’m not knocking Kovalchuk here, merely pointing out he’s not what the Rangers need.

Heard Rangers were VERY close on Gilroy, Dubinsky and next year’s #3 to Anaheim for Bobby Ryan…. Anaheim backed out at the last second and the Eminger/Voros swap was all that went down…. that deal would have been Gilroy, Dubinsky, Voros, Hillier for Eminger/Ryan…..

I’m aware GMs don’t always mean what they say, but Bob Murray has said he has no intention of trading Ryan and there’s still another couple of months before there’s any great pressure for RFAs to get signed (offer sheets notwithstanding). So call me a sceptic on that “deal”…

Rod,
it’s one thing to blurt things out. It’s another to have FACTUAL info. NO ONE believes that Gilroy and Dubinsky and a #3 are gonna land you Bobby Ryan. Mike Milbury wouldn’t even do that on his drunkest day with his head lodged up Don Cherry’s A**!!!

If you would have invented Staal and a prospect/pick I would have played along.